OnfireNFS

I've never really understood the argument against headphone jacks. I can still use Bluetooth headphones with my phone. I can also use wired headphones and aux cables on my phone. Why would you want less features

This is what I have found is working for me

Primary: Arc-12 Blitzer Its great at dealing with hords of voteless and doesn't need to be reloaded. Might be able to replace it with something like the sickle but mainly just needs to be a good weapon at clearing voteless and Overseers.

Secondary: Anything I've been playing with the CQC-30 Stun Baton or P-113 Verdict but honestly haven't really been using my secondary. Could probably replace this with whatever you prefer

Support: MLS-4X Commando I've also tried the Quasar Cannon but it's hard to top the commando. It has a pretty short cooldown time and can deal with harvesters. The first 2 shots will break the shield leaving the last 2 to take out the legs

Stratagems

A/ARC-3 Tesla Tower Honestly this thing seems really underrated. I've gotten 30+ kill streaks using it pretty regularly with it. I also haven't seen anyone else bring it. Since it was buffed in patch 01.001.104 it's been pretty strong

The last 2 stratagems depend on the type of mission. For regular missions you need something to break the shields of the ships on the ground. I like the eagle airstrike but most airstrikes and orbitals should work for this.

I also like to bring a backpack. My preference is the jump pack but I've heard other having success with the laser guard dog and shield generator pack. A jump pack works quite well if you get overwhelmed by voteless though and helps traverse the map quicker

For defense missions I would say it's pretty similar to bots. Bring a bunch of sentrys, maybe a Emancipator Exosuit. You also don't really need the commando or jump pack for this

Still playing around with different armors. Though armor with electrical conduit might actually have a place in the game now. Some of the illuminate attacks are arc and if you are running around with a Blitzer and Tesla Tower it can be useful

I believe SteamOS is designed only for the steam deck, I wouldn't recommend it as a general purpose OS for a desktop or laptop.

I would recommend Bazzite, it's like a general version of SteamOS. It comes with a version that boots directly into steam's big picture mode (like SteamOS) or one that boots into the desktop (I run this on my desktop)

It also has improvments like nvidia drivers, printer drivers, package layering and because it's built on top Fedora Atomic you can rollback the system to a stable snapshot if an update doesn't work with your system.

I've been running on my desktop since September (I was in the same boat as you) and it's been really good. A lot of the stuff I would've had to configure and mess around with is already setup for gaming

You might like Bazzite. Its like a general purpose version of SteamOS with layering and printers

I just did this in September. I would second bazzite. I have a Nvidia GPU and I haven't had a single issue with it. Bazzite is atomic/immutable which makes it more difficult to modify the system or add packages but honestly I haven't actually needed to modify the system or add any packages. It also has A/B partitions and stores the last OS update so if something gets corrupted or an update doesn't work you can roll back really easily. I know some people will say if you want to use Linux you need to be comfortable with using the terminal but I haven't had to touch it.

Back in 2016 I ran Ubuntu on a laptop and I remember having to install everything from apt and tweak stuff. I also remember accidentally messing up my system and having to do a fresh install. Flatpaks have really changed it since then.

You can checkout https://flathub.org to see what apps are available in the built in app store. You can also look at https://protondb.com to see how well specific windows games run on Linux and any tweaks that might help them run better.

I still have a windows partition though since SteamVR doesn't work on Linux and discord screen sharing doesn't work on Wayland

If this had cellular connectivity it could actually be a pretty cool phone. The battery life is probably good too

I switched to Bazzite on my main PC at the start of September and it's been great. I only use Windows for steam link vr streaming

I don't mind paying for RustRover for commercial use as an individual but only bundling it with the all products pack sucks. I'm not paying $300 for RustRover.

I have PyCharm 2023.2 with the deprecated Rust plugin and it works great. I don't think that's restricted to Non-commercial use. Also VSCodium exists with the Rust Analyzer plugin so that's another alternative

All I want is someone to make an open world Sims 3 like game with 64-bit support and better multicore support. Can't wait to see if Paralives and Life by You will deliver

Crashes for me too

Galaxy S10 - Android 12

I just got a steam deck and I'm surprised how well it runs games. It's not quite as refined as a switch but it can run games were designed to run windowed in Windows with a mouse and keyboard. It can translate the game to run on Linux, the inputs to a gamepad and convert the game from being windowed to fullscreen. It's impressive and if the games were actually designed for the deck I feel like it could feel as seemless as the switch.

It is really making me consider Linux for my desktop once Windows 10 reaches EoL. The only game I've found that doesn't work is Destiny 2. Even the desktop mode on the deck is surprisingly nice

Any specific reason you don't want something mainstream? I would recommend a Nvidia Shield (tube). I have one for my living room tv and another for my bedroom and they are great. I also have a shield pro for my theatre room. I used to have a htpc in there but it would occasionally break on updates and wasn't nearly as user friendly as the shield